"Pam wrote in message after"Janet Bennett"asked
Can anyone recommend a good runner bean to grow. I want to grow some
plants
for my parents' garden, but I know that they will be unable to attend to
them. Is there a variety that can cope with drought, good cropper, and
one
that you don't have to spray to set the flowers? I know I'm expecting a
lot, but does anyone know of such a variety?

I have had good results from Desiree. White flowered, said not to be
so attractive to birds. I never spray mine and they set quite well.


I'll second that. Also the old variety "Painted Lady" seems similarly hardy
and you get beautiful flowers too. We grow them both and although they did
suffer with the unusual heat and drought of last season they survived to
crop and also we got a superb crop late in the season too as the temperature
went down, a second flush.

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Regards
Bob

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